Haiti - The Right Thing to Do
Devastated. Sadness. Compassion. All of those words describe emotions felt as we watched the destruction from the earthquake unfold. On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit with a 7.0 magnitude quake, the strongest in that region since 1770. By the morning of January 14th, the full extent of the damage started to become clear and members of the Darden community scrambled for ways to get involved. DSA moved quickly and mobilized a team of students interested in developing a community respo
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The BBSF Conference … Come One, Come All!
The Black Business Student Forum at Darden will be hosting its 22nd Annual Conference at Darden on April 9th, 2010. Now some students will assume that because “Black” prefaces’ the name of the lead organization sponsoring this event that there will be nothing for them at this event, however, this is not the case. Since 1988 when the first Black Alumni Conference was held it was an inclusive event that allowed Darden’s African American alumni to connect with current students while con
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The Global Sweden Experience
Sweden is a land of extremes: extreme cold, extreme skinny jeans and extremely attractive (and friendly!) women. The group traveled to Stockholm to learn about innovations in sustainability, but our best night may have been one of extreme indulgence, when we lived like kings for a few precious hours at Café Opera. Even Professor Modica couldn't ignore the allure of the Swedish nightlife. The academic highlight of the trip had to be our morning with Fredrik Magnusson, who believes the solution t...
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The Global South Africa Experience
Led by professors Frank and Veronica Warnock, the Markets in Human Hope class trip to South Africa was jam packed with visits to a diverse range of companies, including Mittal Steel, ABSA, a South African bank engaged in microfinance initiatives, Rand Water, and the Desmond Tutu HIV/AIDS center. But there was no shortage of fun, as several of the days were devoted to cultural experiences, such as a safari, a vineyard touand tasting, and two wild nights out on white sandy beaches of Capetown. Fri...
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The Global Beach Experience
Costa Rica Haikus
(cause life in CR is Zen)
pot hole slalom drive
don’t bring your east coast stress here
paradise of waves
bright blue skies, hot sun
naps at noon, again at one
scorpion attack!
on a boat with friends
or flying with the monkeys
Joel and scuba mask?
great guacamole
fresh caught fish and local fruit
more aloe vodka!
sunsets and pina
dancing on the roof with dogs
surfers are way hot
(and don’t wear a lot of clothes) ...
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Global Bahrain Experience
The outlook was sunny for our misfits in Bahrain
Following Sherwood’s strong lead as we departed the plane
Bobby Walsh took the reigns as we studied Sukuk in classes
And Vernon explained how the Dead Sea healed all the masses
On a great ship we traveled and got roasted in the sun
But night fall brought the sweet sounds of Juss Us for our fun
Then Graney led a charge to the Souq for fine, Persian rugs
And we wandered to a disco that required ear plugs
We learned how the bankers re-claim Bahrain’
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The Global Bar-Golf Experience
Top Ten Reasons to go to Key West for the Global Bar-Golf Experience
- Personalized Tank Tops/Mankinis: Get to see more of your classmates than you ever imagined. Dear Russian, we are still scarred.
- Trixy: The provocative mannequin with removable limbs/outfits that comes to life on Andrew Crowley’s demand.
- Photo albums only the Villa Al Mar understands.
- RTFBL: Best showcased by McHugh and Meagan on the dance floor of Sloppy Joes while retirees watched and took pictures in shock/confusion.
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The Global Barcelona Experience
Anecdote: Barcelona is an incredibly beautiful place, but when travelling with only first years, especially one of your own career coachees beware of any potential challenges to your position as an authority figure. In Barcelona, these will initially take the form of matching one another drink for drink, starting off with pitchers of Sangria. The crescendo of this authentic Spanish night out was not at the lounge on the Rambla at 1:00 am (since no-one who is Spanish is out that early) but
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The Global Mexico City Experience
During spring break, twelve Darden FYs and SYs had the privilege of being hosted at IPADE business school in Mexico City for their ‘Doing Business in Mexico’ international week. The week was jam-packed with activities, with long days of classes and company visits, and long nights of tequila-drinking and salsa-dancing until dawn. Highlights of the trip included a beer-tasting at Modelo, the parent company of Corona, and an evening trip out to the Lucha Libre (think WWE wrestling, but gr...
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GBE Sao Paulo, Brazil: An Educational Journey of Twenty-Something Twenty-Something Year Olds, and Old Man Bucher
(Disclaimer: The names herein have been changed in order to protect the identities and the professional integrity of all parties involved)
The students who traveled to Brazil had one goal in mind, to learn. For one of us, the learning process began quite early in the trip. After completing a rigorous 48 hour pre-orientation exercise in Rio de Janeiro, 14 of us GBE’ers boarded a plane for Sao Paulo, one remained behind for a later flight. The following transcript retells the events as they
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Chris and Leah
The First Internally-Generated Couple of Class of 2010
Thursday February 25th marked a big day for Darden’s Class of 2010 and a much bigger day for two of its friendliest classmates. The first internally-generated intra-class couple took the biggest relationship step possible when Chris Branin ‘10 proposed to Leah Freivald , also ’10. In a sort of bachelorette party meets the Newlyweds format, the Cold Call Chronicle asked a few questions of the happy couple and found out more details.
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